The press conference was held to accommodate the inquiries from the media around the country. The press conference was held as a matter of mutual convenience for the women and the media. The public is apparently very interested in the story, and these women can't be faulted for answering their questions.

How these women can be critcized for the manner with which they've handled this ugliness is beyond me.

It is easy for someone who is neither female or Black to tell these women to shut up and just deal with it, but if that clown Imus sneered and snickered as he threw those insults, rooted in ignorance and playing off the bigotry of his audience, at my daughter, I would have quite a bit to say, and I would not advise her to accept it quietly as one of life's lessons.